Singing and Recording karaoke

The first thing you need to do is install the latest version of the Flash Player in order to use our recording player.

Once you have installed it, search for the song you want. For this we have a karaoke recommendations on the homepage, a search box at the top of each Red Karaoke page, or you can go to our catalogue to search by a certain theme or genre. You can search for songs using the search box by song title or artists and choose the one you like most from the list of results.

Once you’ve chosen the karaoke you want to sing, all you have to do is click on the button “Sing”. This will load the player. The first time you open this player, you will be able to configure your microphone and webcam. To do this, select the corresponding tab. If you mark the box “Remember me”, you will not have to configure your settings again.

Clicking the button “Sing!” will begin the karaoke. When you are singing, you will also see in the button Stop at the bottom of the player.

In the upper right part of the player there are two buttons. "X" , which closes the player and the box which will put the play in the “Full screen mode".

Before beginning to sing you will find a tool bar in the lower part of the player with which you can configure several options which will disappear once you start:

Music: lower or raise the volume of the background music.

Micro: lower or raise the volume of the microphone for the recording. In order to get better sound quality, watch the audio level indicator on the left to check it doesn’t saturate.

Font: change the size of the lyrics on the screen.

Key: lower or raise the key if the music.

Webcam: activate/deactivate the webcam.

Videoclip: activate/deactive the videoclip.

Virtua Sing: sing and dance with your own avatar.

You can change the image from the webcam or the artist video clip at any time by clicking on the button with two arrows in the lower right corner of the player or by double clicking on the small window.

When the song has finished you can choose between:

saving the recording of your performance

discard and continue singing without recording

If you want to save the recording, there is a preview that you can edit with different tools to improve the sound or customize the image

Sound effects: enhance your recording by adding

Audio effects: reverb, echo, flanger, delay...

Synchronization of voice and music, in case you need to move one ahead or backwards to match the other.

Delete the karaoke music: If the music sounds double or you want to sing a capella.

Preview: If you click the Preview button you’ll be able to watch a preview of your recording. It is still not stored in your profile so you can change it, discard it or continue singing. Once you have made your changes, you can preview it again by clicking the same button.

Background image:personalize the background of your recordings by uploading your own images or photos.

When you are satisfied with the results, click the Save button and the recording will be published to your profile. Later, you can also

Add your own comments to the recording you are uploading

Decide if you want to participate in the ranking, allowing your recording to receive “Likes” or votes. If you don’t, you will only receive comments

To delete a recording, change or delete comments, and delete votes, see the section “Manage recordings”

Share your recording: send your recording to whoever you want with the share options for different social networks

You can sing any song as a solo or as a duet. To record a duet, when you have finished singing, select the option 'This song is an Open Duet' so that other members can perform a duet with you.

Recordings are available for dueting for 7 days. Of course, you can invite your followers or any other member you'd like to share the song with.

All your Open Duets are listed on your Profile in the section Open duets. Login with your account to manage them.

Recordings performed as a duet will shown on both members profiles. Both recordings may get votes and join in the ranking, as well as receive comments. You can delete your recording from your profile but not from the other partner profile.

Accounts with VIP service can sing without limits any song, no matter if it is solo or dueting. BASIC accounts have Duets limited only the songs that are free.

Join a duet:

If you want to sing a concrete song, just look at the Open duet list in that song page and you can find members who desire to share this song with you. Choose one and sing as usual with the recording player.

You can also see all the Open Duets on the home of the website, and on the Community page, or only the Open Duets created by specific members on their own profile pages.

Accounts with VIP service can sing without limits. BASIC accounts are only entitled to a basic use of 5 duets sung per month

Virtua Sing is the 3D avatar system for singing on Red Karaoke. Personalize your own avatar, sing with your favorite songs on the stages and in the scenes you choose, choreograph dances and record all of it in a video that –if saved- can be displayed in your profile, sent to friends, shared on social networks, published on your website, etc….

To sing with Virtua Sing, follow these steps:

Choose a song and click the button 'Sing'.

In the player, click on the Virtua Sing button

Personalize your avatar: choose the gender, choose its features, dress it, or use some accesories. Then click on ‘Save’ to use it.

- The box 'Remember avatar' allows you to permanently save your avatar so that you can always sing with it in Virtua Sing.
- The box 'Publish as profile photo' allows you to use the image of your avatar as your profile pic.

Select a Stage: choose where you want to perform or upload your own pic as background image.

Select a Dance Style: Perhaps our default choice of dance style doesn’t match the song? So click on this option to change the available dance moves. Click on different combinations of movements to choreograph a dance for your avatar. We recommend you test it out before recording to see how the avatar moves.

Remember that you’ll find the buttons to close the player (X) and for making it full screen in the upper right corner of the player.

Your avatar is now ready to go. You can sing and dance with it as you like.

Before beginning to sing you will find a tool bar in the lower part of the player with which you can configure several options which will disappear once you start:

Music: lower or raise the volume of the background music.

Micro: lower or raise the volume of the microphone for the recording. In order to get better sound quality, watch the audio level indicator on the left to check it doesn’t saturate.

Font: change the size of the lyrics on the screen.

Key: lower or raise the key if the music.

Webcam: activate/deactivate the webcam (Clicking this will deactivate Virtua Sing).

Videoclip: activate/deactive the videoclip (Clicking this will deactivate Virtua Sing).

Once you have begun singing, you will not be able to change any of the avatar configurations, the scene or the dance of the recording.

When you have finished singing or recording you will see new options:

Click the Preview button to watch a preview of your performance. If you have made any changes, you can preview them again by clicking the same button

Synchronization of voice and music, in case you need to move one ahead or backwards to match the other

Do you want to save this Virtua Sing recording? then click the Save button and the recording will be published to your profile

You can upload the recording with your own comments

Decide if you want to participate in the ranking, allowing your recording to receive “Likes” or votes. If you don’t, you will only receive comments

To delete a recording, change or delete comments, and delete votes, see the section “Manage recordings”

Share your recording: You can send your recording to whoever you want with the share options for different social networks

Yes, if you have a VIP service, you can download your recordings to your computer. You will find the download button mousing over each recording in your recordings list. In order to limit lag on Red Karaoke, downloads are limited to 10 recordings a day.

Before recording your song, listen to the song you’ve chosen at least once, so that you are familiar with the lyrics and key of the music. If you are using Virtua Sing, test out the dance moves and sound before recording.

Don’t put your mouth to close to the microphone so the sound of your breathing doesn’t pick up and so that the microphone doesn’t sound fuzzy. If the sound is overly saturated you will be able to tell if the microphone volume indicator reaches the red area.

It is best to record using headphones because the music from the speakers may be recorded along with the actual music.

If you have the playback volume on your soundcard really high, it can make the recording sound distorted, even if you use speakers or headphones that allow you to control the volume externally. In this case, be sure to lower the playback volume on your computer or in the player to a medium level and try again.

Never use two or more windows with the player open at the same time. Avoid opening other applications that might overload your processor’s capacity.

Before saving you recording on Red Karaoke, listen to what you have sung, in case there is some problem. If something went wrong, you can discord the recording and try again and this way you’ll guarantee the quality of your recording. You can also sing without recording if you want.

Once you have recorded your song, let you friends know by sending a message with your favorite social network (Facebook, Twitter) so that they can hear you, vote and send comments.

The MP3 recording system on Red Karaoke automatically detects whether your computer is configured or not. In case it is not, a Configuration Assistant will automatically appear which will guide you through simple step by step settings. You will only need to complete this process the first time you use the player, but you can access the configuration as many times as you lik using the corresponding button in the player.

Microphone and Stereo

Our configuration assistant automatically detects the best settings for recording on Red Karaoke, but in case it fails, here is how you can configure it.

There are two possibly configurations for recording on Red Karaoke, with the stereo mixer activated and without it, we’ll explain how to configure both:

Without the stereo mixer

Step 1: Right click on the speaker icon that you’ll find in the right part of the screen, next to the clock, and select “Recording devices”.

Step 2: It is possible that you have the stereo mixer selected as the predetermined recording device. Right click on the device and select “Disable”.

Step 3: Now select the microphone and right click it. This time, select 'Enable', repeat the process and select “Set as default device”.

Click accept and now your computer is configured for recording with the microphone and without the stereo mixer.

With the stereo mixer

To record with the stereo mixer, repeat the previous steps of 'Without stereo mixer', but this time set the stereo mixer as the default device and activate the microphone. .

With this setup it is possible that the music may sound double on your recordings, in which case you simply need to silence the music from the player before you begin recording.

Mezcla Estéreo

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If you are recording a song and only the music has been recorded, it is possible that you have the microphone muted. Check your recording options to make sure it isn’t.

In case you are recording with webcam, it is possible that your computer may mistakenly detect your webcam as a microphone, in which case you should check that it is deactivated.

It is possible that when recording using a laptop with a microphone jack that the system may confuse this with the computer’s internal microphone. Be sure to deactivate the laptop microphone in your sound options.

In the case that you have a Realtek or AC97 sound card, it is possible the system may confuse the first port for the microphone with the back port, making it impossible to record anything. Follow the steps of this tutorial to solve this issue.

If when trying to listen to a recording you do not hear anything, most likely the player is muted. Check by opening the recording, clicking on the speaker in the corner of the player, and make sure it is not too low or muted.

If the recording does not load, there may be a problem with the flash player in which case we recommend you reinstall it.

This happens for various reasons, though the most likely is that while recording, other programs that use up bandwidth were running, or just too many programs that do not connect to the internet were open on your computer, all of which slow down your computer.